There’s nothing quite as invigorating as taking a hike on a beautiful, bluebird sky day in Colorado in the wintertime. Many ...

Tucked into the narrow valley below the San Juan mountains, Ouray offers a lot of outdoors within easy reach of the tiny town. The former mining mecca named for a Ute chief has one of the most ...

The Perimeter Trail is arguably the best—and certainly the most scenic—way to experience Ouray, the historic Colorado town known as the “Switzerland of America” for its striking placement in the San ...

This charming mountain town in Colorado captures the spirit of Switzerland's Alps with year-round outdoor adventure and ...

OURAY, Colo. – I’ve hiked the Bear Creek National Recreation Trail near Ouray a couple of times, though I’ve never gone nearly as far as one can on the system of trails and roads it accesses. I know ...

What makes Ouray the Switzerland of America? You find out with a quick drive up Red Mountain Pass, to overlooks of the quaint town tucked in a box canyon and framed by the white-capped wonders of the ...

On the final day of a five-day, hut-to-hut backpacking trip from Telluride, Colorado, to Ouray, my family and I crested a ridge after a very steep climb, and the landscape unfurled into a high Alpine ...

Five participants from last weekend's Academy of Yoga retreat in Ridgway traveled a little farther south for a short afternoon hike above Ouray. Four of them posed — the Warrior Pose — beneath ...

Peter O’Neil knew that the Ouray Ice Park would have a rough year after the first week of December. Following Thanksgiving weekend, a solid layer of farmed ice sheets formed along the sides of ...